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Incidence and clinical features of X-linked Cornelia de Lange syndrome due to SMC1L1 mutations.
Human mutation - 1 Feb 2007
Borck Guntram, Zarhrate Mohamed, Bonnefont Jean-Paul, Munnich Arnold, Cormier-Daire Valérie, Colleaux Laurence
Abstract excerpt
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a multisystem developmental disorder characterized by facial dysmorphism, growth and mental retardation, microcephaly, and various malformations. Heterozygous mutations in the NIPBL gene have been detected in approximately 45% of affected individuals. Recently, a second CdLS gene, mapping to the X chromosome, has been identified: SMC1L1 (structural maintenance of chromosomes...
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